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Mon, Nov 09, 2009
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Top 8 mileage tips

By Tony Ng

Desperate times may be over. But we're still willing to pinch and fight for every penny, as properly demonstrated by a recent nationwide petrol promotion.

It's not everyday that an offer of that size comes along but here are our Top 8 Tips to help you squeeze that last kilometre, metre, centimetre, inch, out of that last teeny weeny bit of that liquid gold.

No. 8: Lighten your load for the road
It is only common sense that the more you carry, the more energy you'll expend while moving from Point A to Point B. The same goes for your car - the heavier it is, the more petrol it'll eat up. If you If you only play golf during the weekends, why not clear up all those two golf bags lying in your boot? While you're at it, you might as well throw out all that junk at the back of your car.

 
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